Lobbying Relationship

Client

Baxter Healthcare Corporation

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Lobbying firm

Invariant LLC

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  • Monitor issues affecting the medical device industry, including issues related to the supply chain and issues; monitor issues related to dialysis.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Disaster Planning/Emergencies

Spending: about $910,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2430: FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.934: FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.870: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic...

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

S.2852: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.269: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.1379: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.2710: Patient Access to ESRD New Innovative Devices Act

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui; Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy; Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley; Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan; Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan (2007-2010); Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan (2005-2007)
Annie Palisi Chief of Staff, Rep. Diane Black; Deputy Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner; Director Special Projects, Education and the Workforce Committee
Sean Joyce Rep. Bill Shuster: Communications Director, Legislative Director, Shared employee w/ Transportation & Infrastructure Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. Patrick McHenry
Robert Hoffman Legislative Director/ Acting Chief of Staff, Senator Mike DeWine; Legislative Director, Senator Larry Pressler
Jonathan Becker Chief of Staff, Senator Amy Klobuchar; Chief Counsel, Senator Amy Klobuchar
Larissa Martinez Executive Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Deb Fischer; Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Hagel; Legislative Correspondent, Representative Nathan Deal; Assistant Scheduler, Senator Johnny Isakson
Patrice Willoughby Dep Assoc Admin, Intergovt Affairs Office, GSA (2011-2012); Exec Dir, CBC, Rep. Barbara Lee (2008-2011); Leg Asst, Counsel, Chief/Staff, Rep. Tubbs Jones (2000-2008)
Katie Wise Leg. Dir, Rep. Vern Buchanan (2014-2015) Leg. Dir, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2013-2014) Sr. Legislative Asst, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (2011-2013) Legislative Correspondent/Asst, Rep. Mary Fallin (2010-2011) Staff Asst, Rep. Mary Fallin (2009-2010)
Nicole Venable Leg. Asst/Fellow, Rep. Lee Hamilton (1992-1993); Leg. Asst, Sen. Chuck Robb (1993-1996); Congressional Affairs Liaison, USTR (1996-1998); Sr Policy Adv, Rep. William J. Jefferson (1998-02); Chief of Staff, Rep. William J. Jefferson (2004-2005)
Drew Griffin Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Latta (2019-2022); Comms Dir, Rep. Robert Latta (2016-2019); Press Sec, Rep. Erik Paulsen (2014-2016); Press Sec, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (2013-2014); Staff Asst, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (2011-2013)
Jessica Hatcher Leg. Dir, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (2021-2023); Sr. Legislative Asst, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (2020); Leg. Asst, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (2018-2020)
Ashley OSullivan n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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